.\" manual page [] for pppd 2.0
-.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.10 1995/05/01 01:43:54 paulus Exp $
+.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.11 1995/05/01 01:46:40 paulus Exp $
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.I <tty_name>
Communicate over the named device. The string "/dev/"
is prepended if necessary. If no device name is given,
+or if the name of the controlling terminal is given,
.I pppd
will use the controlling terminal, and will not fork to put itself in
the background.